Every once in a while, I get a bee in my bonnet to do something crafty. With this project, as is often the case these days, Pinterest was the catalyst, and my daughter was the beneficiary. She had been playing kitchen a lot, so I decided to make her a stove. I really wanted to make it from as few purchased/new materials as possible. I did pretty well; the only things I ended up buying were:

Red and silver spray paint

Brads (what a great name for an object)

Thin sheets of foam

Granted, I have a lot of existing supplies. I was also able to scrounge up some recyclables and such. Altogether, these items were:

But seriously, we’re not quite there yet. We bought a potty/step stool combo because we needed a step stool for hand washing in the bathroom, and it is a source of amazement for the Brownie Bite at this point. She has actually successfully “pee peed” once, but I’m pretty darn sure it was just luck and she was as surprised as we were. We’re not planning to rush into this one.